US 12,467,084 B2
Rate based identification of reaction points
Ze'ev Russak, Ramat Gan (IL)
Assigned to AZURE VAULT LTD., (IL)
Filed by AZURE VAULT LTD., Ramat-Gan (IL)
Filed on May 1, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/968,429.
Application 15/968,429 is a continuation of application No. 13/985,314, granted, now 9,988,675, previously published as PCT/IB2012/051182, filed on Mar. 13, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/453,108, filed on Mar. 15, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2018/0245136 A1, Aug. 30, 2018
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C12Q 1/686 (2018.01); G16C 20/10 (2019.01)
CPC C12Q 1/686 (2013.01) [G16C 20/10 (2019.02)] 18 Claims
 
1. A computer implemented method for identifying transition points in a chemical process, the method comprising conducting a chemical reaction in a reaction chamber of a chemical reaction apparatus, and providing a sensor in proximity to the chemical reaction chamber during conducting so as to obtain a plurality of values of a physical property of the chemical reaction,
the method further comprising steps that the computer is programmed to perform, the steps comprising:
a) receiving the plurality of values of a physical property as measured during the chemical reaction using the chemical reaction apparatus, from the chemical reaction apparatus;
b) receiving a function and verifying that the received function has a line of best fit with a same slope as a linear function connecting two of the received values, the two values pertaining to a start and end of a time period;
c) calculating a difference between the received function verified as having the line of best fit with the same slope, and a plurality of the received values pertaining to the time period having said start and end; and
d) identifying at least one transition point of the chemical process, using the calculated difference; and
e) initiating a control operation of the chemical reaction apparatus based on the identification of a transition point.